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TIL: Gouda accounts for over half of the world’s cheese consumption.

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GAv0G TIL that in ancient Rome plebeians would leave the cities during the "secession of the plebeians." This left the elites to fend for themselves.
KYWBE Today I learned that only Australians and New Zealanders still say ‘Hip-Hip Hooray’ after singing Happy Birthday.
VBVdQ TIL: Not only is there a percent (%) and a per mille (‰), but there's also a permyriad (‱) for smaller ratios/changes
8a5VK TIL there are more Americans living in Vancouver, BC than there are in Vancouver, WA
APyn TIL that despite the infamous history of the Vietnam War, Vietnam today is one of the most pro-American countries in Asia, with 71% of Vietnamese people viewing the U.S. favorably in 2002.